DSM-5 personality disorders are grouped into three clusters. Which of the following most accurately ...

DSM-5 personality disorders are grouped into three clusters. Which of the following most accurately represents the three clusters?
 
  a. Odd or eccentric; dangerous or inconsistent; shy, uncommunicative, or withdrawn
  b. Shy, uncommunicative, or withdrawn; anxious or fearful; dangerous or inconsistent
  c. Shy or withdrawn; dramatic, emotional, or erratic; bizarre or thought-disordered
  d. Odd or eccentric; dramatic, emotional, or erratic; anxious or fearful

Question 2

DSM-IV-TR divides personality disorders into ____ distinct clusters.
 
  a. 1
  b. 2
  c. 3
  d. 4

Question 3

What is one advantage of the categorical system over the dimensional system when it comes to classifying and diagnosing personality disorders?
 
  a. convenience
 b. accuracy
 c. communicability
 d. It is better as a prognostic tool

Question 4

The gender difference in the diagnosis of histrionic personality disorder has been criticized for
 
  a. Reflecting society's inherent bias
 b. Not reflecting enough of the differences between men and women
  c. Being psychologists' plot to undermine their female colleagues
  d. All of the above.

Question 5

The five-factor model of personality includes all of the following as personality dimensions EXCEPT
 
  a. expressiveness.
 b. extroversion.
 c. conscientiousness.
  d. agreeableness

Question 6

Some have proposed that the personality disorders be replaced or supplemented by a dimensional model in which individuals would be rated on a series of personality dimensions as well as a categorical diagnosis. It is believed that this would have advantages over a purely categorical system. Which of the following would be such an advantage?
 
  a. It would retain more information about each individual.
 b. It would be more flexible.
 c. It would avoid arbitrary decisions involved in assignment to a diagnostic category.
  d. All of the above